minimoog clone

[tpaddock at seanet.com]

Just some thoughts from the unwashed and lazy.

Overall octave transpose switch. 
Also affects vcf if it's set to tracking.

A real ADSR would be cool, but not if you can't use the 
EG as a "fader". I use my mini more for a distortion & 
filter box than playing it like a keyboard. 
(Could be due to my extreme lack of keyboard talent.)
I put stuff into the ext audio in and leave the mini 
gated with a switch on a jones plug. I often control 
the vca and vcf by the EG's with the level set by SUSTAIN 
and the lag time set by DECAY. Nice slow fades 
and filter sweeps. When I try this on an odyssey, it works 
when I move SUSTAIN down, but not back up. (I'll have to 
check for sure)

Keep the loooooong EG decay times.

Keep the 440 tone if it's easy.

A on-off-mom gate switch on the front panel.

Add a positive GATE input. 

Gate and CV outputs. 

Hot vco levels so they can overdrive.

Add a separate LFO, but not if it means losing 
the vcf control by vco3.

It's not keeping with the original, but how about 
"detune" indicators? Maybe an led driven from an 
and gate looking at vco1 and vco2. It would flash 
depending on how they were detuned. Same for vco1 
and vco3. Could a vco drive a few milliamps directly 
if you connected an led & resistor between vco outputs? 

Ext CV input gets added to the midi CV. So you can 
transpose on the fly from another keyboard. Like when 
running a mini from a sequencer and playing the 
keyboard at the same time.

CV inputs for pitch and modulation wheels. Maybe like 
an odyssey, where you can use resistance or voltage.

Wood strips like a Buick Roadmaster. (Sorry, attempted humor)

Some of these are kind of getting away from the 
original idea, but they are just thoughts.

 - -- -  Toby Paddock